Dear all, it is correct that Pod::Text should be used whenever there is Pod to be converted to ASCII/Latin-1/... :-) However Pod::PlainText is part of the Pod::Parser distribution right from the start (AFAIK), so I'd hesitate to drop it. On the other hand it is true that it is used for the tests of Pod::Parser, as Pod::Text is NOT part of the Pod::Parser distribution. Within the Perl core, there is both Pod::Parser and Pod::Text, so it would be possible to test Pod::Parser together with Pod::Text - maybe by dropping the test of Pod::Parser with Pod::Plaintext and ONLY testing Pod::Text with the tests that come with the podlators distribution. WDYT?
-Marek > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Allbery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Brad Appleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Pod::PlainText can go away to my knowledge. It was created long ago > > *before* Pod::Text had been converted to use Pod::Parser > (and Pod::Usage > > needed to use Pod::PlainText). Now that Pod::Text uses > Pod::Parser, as > > long as Pod::Usage still works correctly, Pod::PlainText > would now be > > redundant (at least I think so) > > Pod::Text should work correctly with Pod::Usage; I tested that a while > back. I'd convert the tests to use Pod::Text (which may > require a bit of > fiddling with the expected output, since Pod::Text has gone > through more > tuning).
